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<snip> FUN WITH FINGERPRINT READERS By Bruce Schneier Crypto-Gram Newsletter May 15, 2002 http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0205.html#5 Tsutomu Matsumoto, a Japanese cryptographer, recently decided to look at biometric fingerprint devices. These are security systems that attempt to identify people based on their fingerprint. For years the companies selling these devices have claimed that they are very secure, and that it is almost impossible to fool them into accepting a fake finger as genuine. Matsumoto, along with his students at the Yokohama National University, showed that they can be reliably fooled with a little ingenuity and $10 worth of household supplies. **** see above url for entire text. Matsumoto's paper is not on the Web. You can get a copy by asking: Tsutomu Matsumoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Here's the reference: T. Matsumoto, H. Matsumoto, K. Yamada, S. Hoshino, "Impact of Artificial Gummy Fingers on Fingerprint Systems," Proceedings of SPIE Vol. #4677, Optical Security and Counterfeit Deterrence Techniques IV, 2002. Some slides from the presentation are here: <http://www.itu.int/itudoc/itu-t/workshop/security/present/s5p4.pdf> My previous essay on the uses and abuses of biometrics: <http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-9808.html#biometrics> Biometrics at the shopping center: pay for your groceries with your thumbprint. <http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/68217_thumb27.shtml> <snip> ------------ David R. Hibbeln IT Director Tobin & Collins CPA PA 75 Essex # 200 Hackensack, NJ 07601 v 201-487-7744 ext 224 f 201-487-8848 h 973-728-0192 24/7/356 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-MAIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] direct NUMERIC 201-907-1163 wait for tone then enter number then press #
